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Tajik Air (legally State Unitary Aviation Enterprise) (Cyrillic: Таджик Эйр) is an airline in Tajikistan. It has its head office at Dushanbe International Airport in Dushanbe.[1] The airline's main hub is at Dushanbe International Airport; in the past, it had also retained a secondary focus city at Khujand's Khudzhand Airport.

Tajik Air

IATA ICAO Callsign 7J TJK TAJIKAIR
Founded	September 3, 1924
Hubs	Dushanbe International Airport
Fleet size	4
Destinations	3
Parent company	Government of Tajikistan
Headquarters	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Key people	Ismatullozoda Dilshod, Director General
Website	tajikairlines.com/

History

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The first flight of the airline was from Bukhara to Dushanbe on 3 September 1924 by a Junkers F.13 aircraft, initiating the development of civil aviation in Tajikistan. The first aircraft appeared in the capital two years earlier than the car and five years earlier than the train. The Stalinabad airfield complex was created and the operation of new routes started over the Pamir mountain ranges. In 1930, a first-class airport was built in Dushanbe. One year later airports were built in Kulyab, Garm, Panj, and Dangara where regular flights were operated from Dushanbe. Aviation of Tajikistan developed rapidly as the air fleet expanded. Air transport became an essential branch of the country's national economy. Tajik aviation provided regular connections between the capital and the highland settlements in the hard-to-reach valleys of Vanch, Rushan, Shugnan, Bartang, Yagnob, and others, reducing the travel time of passengers of the mountain regions of the Pamirs, Karategin, blooming valleys of Vakhsh, Hissar by tens or hundreds of times. In March 1937, the Tajik Territorial Department of Civil Air Fleet was formed.^{[citation needed]}

In 1945, the Tajik Department of Civil Air Fleet (TU GVF) received new Lisunov Li-2 and Junkers Ju 52 aircraft. The first flight by the crew of the Li-2 aircraft was operated on the route Stalinabad – Moscow. In the 1950s and 1960s, aviation in Tajikistan was one of the most developed sectors of the national economy of the Republic. From 1951, Antonov An-2s were utilized in the fleet of the Tajik Department of Civil Air Fleet and in 1954 Ilyushin Il-12s were introduced by which the first flight on the route Stalinabad – Sochi was operated. Between 1956 and 1964, Ilyushin Il-14, Ilyushin Il-18 and Antonov An-6 (high-altitude version of the An-2) aircraft joined the fleet, as well as Mil Mi-4 helicopters.

Aviators of Tajikistan were always in the front line of development of the socio-economic potential of the country. For the first time in 1959, B.M. Vorobiev landed an aircraft (an An-6) on the ice of the Sarez Lake. In 1960, the first flight on the route Stalinabad – Moscow was operated by an Ilyushin Il-18. The TU GVF's structure was expanded and developed.

In 1959, the Leninabad aviation enterprise was founded and, in a year, the Kulyab airport was established. On March 3, 1960, the passenger terminal and runway were put into operation. The route Stalinabad – Frunze – Alma-Ata – Novosibirsk was opened. In the 1970s and '80s pilots and navigators of the Tajikistan Civil Aviation Authority mastered such aircraft as the Tupolev Tu-154, Yakovlev Yak-40, Antonov An-26 and Antonov An-28. In 1979 the first flight to Afghanistan was operated by an Il-18 aircraft on a humanitarian mission. In 1984 the automatic reservation system "Sirena" for booking seats on the domestic airlines was introduced. In 4 years the Tajik Civil Aviation Authority changed over to the new conditions of management and planning.

Judging by the efficiency of the Yak-40 and An-28 aircraft utilization, the Tajik Civil Aviation Authority won first place in the USSR's Air Fleet. In the 1990 -1991 period the aircraft-helicopter fleet of the aviation enterprise was expanded with Ilyushin Il-76 and Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft; and Mil Mi-8 helicopters. Central Asia's first "Zardak" transponder was built and air service on the route Dushanbe-Ürümqi was opened.[2]

On 14 January 2019, Tajik Air suspended all operations until November 2019.[3] The airline has since restarted operations.[4]

Destinations

Tajik Air serves the following destinations as of November 2019:[5]

Country	City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Azerbaijan	Baku	Heydar Aliyev International Airport	Terminated
India	Delhi	Indira Gandhi International Airport		[6]
Iran	Tehran	Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport	Terminated
Kazakhstan	Almaty	Almaty International Airport	Terminated
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Manas International Airport	Terminated
Russia	Moscow	Moscow Domodedovo Airport
Russia	Novosibirsk	Tolmachevo Airport	Terminated
Russia	Saint Petersburg	Pulkovo Airport	Terminated
Russia	Surgut	Surgut International Airport	Terminated
Russia	Yekaterinburg	Koltsovo International Airport	Terminated
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Dushanbe International Airport	Hub
Tajikistan	Khorugh	Khorog Airport	Terminated
Tajikistan	Khujand	Khujand Airport	Terminated
Tajikistan	Bokhtar	Bokhtar International Airport	Terminated
Ukraine	Kyiv	Boryspil International Airport	Terminated
United Arab Emirates	Sharjah	Sharjah International Airport	Terminated

Fleet

Current fleet

As of March 2021, the Fleet of Tajik Air consisted of the following aircraft:[7][8]

Tajik Air fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Antonov An-28	2	—	17
Boeing 757-200	1	—	239
Mil Mi-8	1	—	24
Total	4	—

Former fleet

Tajik Air had in the past operated a variety of aircraft

Accidents and incidents

• On June 17, 1993, an Antonov An-26 crashed during the flight from Batumi, Georgia to Baku, Azerbaijan after it got into turbulence. All 33 people onboard died.[9]

• On August 28, 1993, a Yakovlev Yak-40 crashed on take-off in Khorugh while on a flight to Dushanbe. All 5 crew members and 77 of the 81 passengers died. The aircraft was configured to carry 28 passengers but was severely overloaded. The crew had been forced to take off by armed men.[10]

• On December 15, 1997, Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183, a Tupolev Tu-154B crashed at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, due to the landing approach being too low. Of the 86 people onboard, only one survived, Sergei Petrov.[11][12]

References

External links

Media related to Tajik Air at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Official website (in Russian)
• Official website (in Tajik)
• Official Website (Archive: 2003–2007)

На других языках

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[de] Tajik Air

Tajik Air (früher Tajikistan Airlines) ist die staatliche Fluggesellschaft Tadschikistans mit Sitz in Duschanbe und Basis auf dem Flughafen Duschanbe. Sie war zusammen mit dem Flughafen Duschanbe Teil der Aviation Company of Tajikistan OSHC.[1]

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- [en] Tajik Air

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[es] Tajik Air

Tajik Air anteriormente conocido como Tayikistán Airlines es la línea aérea nacional de la antigua república soviética de Tayikistán. Tiene su base en el aeropuerto de Dusambé.

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[fr] Tajikistan Airlines

Tadjikistan Airlines (code AITA 7J) est la compagnie aérienne nationale du Tadjikistan dont la création remonte à 1924 mais dont la réorganisation date de l'indépendance.

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[it] Tajik Air

Tajik Air, legalmente State Unitary Aviation Enterprise, è la compagnia aerea di bandiera del Tagikistan. Ha la sua sede e hub principale presso l'aeroporto di Dušanbe a Dušanbe[1]; in passato, aveva un hub all'aeroporto di Xuçand a Xuçand.[2]

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[ru] Tajik Air

Tajik Air (Открытое акционерное общество «Таджик Эйр»[1]) — национальный авиаперевозчик Таджикистана. Базируется в столичном аэропорту Душанбе, использует вторичный аэропорт Худжанд.

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